Metal-bound fiber container



A. L. WEIS AND W. H. RAY.

METAL BOUND FIBER CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.5, 1919.

Patented 001:. 25, 1921,

E m E92 I 5 I JO 2.. Z l 1 g I /6 v 1 J6 45 2 Y J/ jwenfis' 6 w 7 ../Q.Z.7 lzs VAL E724 ANDREW L. WEIS AND WILLIAM H. RAY, or MONROE, MICHIGAN, AssIeNoRs TO THE wnrs FIBRE CONTAINER ooRronA'rIoN, or Mormon, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

Application filed November 5, 1919. Serial No. 335,845.

, cially to pails made of sheet material, such as fiber board or other similar material.

7 Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide an improved construction and arrangement whereby a pail or similar container ofv this character may be economically manufactured from fiber board or similar material and reinforced with metal binding in a manner to insure a strong and serviceable article, as well as one that will present a good appearance and be otherwise satisfactory in use.

It is also an object to provide certain dc tails and features of construction and combinations tending to insure greater-efficiency and desirability. for a metal bound fiber pail of this particular character. l

To these and other useful ends the invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichbodying the principles of the invention, showing the right hand side portion thereof in vertical section. V

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail or fragmentary section.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail or fragmentary section.

As thus illustrated, the invention comprises a downwardly tapered body 1 to which the bail-shaped handle 2 is secured by means of brackets 3 riveted to the fiber Y or pressed inward.

at opposite sides of the pail. The bottom of the pail is formed by a lower wall 7 which is of a diameter to extend under the lower edges of the body 1, and an inner or upper wall 8 which is of a diameter to fit within the body 1, so that the lower edges of the latter are held against being crushed The bottom of the pail is reinforced by a metal binding in the form of a hoop 9 which has its lower edge 10 curled inward and upward to engage the lowersurface of the wall 7, so that the latter is held tightly against the lower edges of the body 1, thus forming a liquid tight oint. This binding is fastened in place by portions 11 of the metal which are pressed or punched inward, and in addition the upper edge 12 of the metal hoop thus formed is pressed into the fiber of the body. With. this construction the metal binding is held force is counteracted by the restraining infiuence orefiiect of the sheet metal binding. The wall 8 resists the pressure necessary to force the portions 11 intothe pail. Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pail em- The pail thus constructed can be used for ever, a cover is necessary. As shown, a cover is provided in the form of a disk 13 of fiber or other suitable material. Said disk is large enough to rest upon the upper edges of the body 1 and slightly overhang the outer surface of the latter. To make the cover tight, metal binding in the form of a ring 14; is provided, it being observed that this ring is formed of sheet metal and bent around the edges of the disk or cover 13, so that it lies flatwise upon the upper surface of the latter; and, in addition, this metalbinding is formed with a depending portion 15 which encircles the top portion of the body 1, so that the cover as a whole has a depending rim which-fits the top of the pail. With this construction a simple and -efiicient cover is provided which tightly seals the top of the pail. Any suitable means can be employed-for holding the cover in place, if such is necessary or desirable.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a noved and'siinple construction is afforded whereby a pail or other container maybe made from fiber or similar sheet material,

effectively reinforced with sheet metal, so that containers of this character may be economically manufactured in large quan section, like an ordinary pail. By tapering the body downwardly it is obvio us that the pails can. be nest-ed together for shipment.

-The exact character of the fiber or other I material employed for the bodyot' the pail,

and for the cover and bottom thereof, is dependent upon the particular purpose or use for which the pail is to be employed. Tlle fiber can be hard or more or less soft, and it may be saturated or coated with paraifin or yarnish or other presery atives, to make the pad wateror liquid proof, in any suitable'or i well known manner. v

- hat we claiinas our invention is l. A container comprising a fiber body tormin'g thefsides of the container, a bottom which keeps the lower end o fsaid body in expanded condition, and sheet metal bind- I ing in the form of a hoop which counteracts the said expansion of the, body by the bottom and which reinforces-the lower edges of said bod; and which has a lower channel? portion forming a hollow annular base gt'orthe container and. foiyholding said bottom in place, with the outer edge of the bottom engaging the outer side wall of the hoop and with the inner' edge of said baseengagin the inner surface of said bottom.

2. structure as specified in claim 1, said body being round in horizontal cross section,

and tapered downwardly to form the body of a pail, in combination with a bail-shaped handle attached to the upper portion or said y= a a I 3. A structure as specified iii-claim 1, said bottom comprising 'a' lower---wall which extends uirder the lower edges of said body, so that only the metal binding extends below the bottom, and an upper wall which fits the interior ofsaid body, said upper wall and said metal binding cooperating to hold the lower edges otthe body against either inward or outward displacement, and said metal qbindi'ng haying portions thereof pressed into the body above said upper wall .to hold the hoop in place. v

l. In acontainer, the combination of a fiber body forming the sides of the container, a bottom, means for holdin the bottom in place, a cover in the :t'orm oi: a disk resting upon the upper edges otsaid body, and extending beyond and overhanging the outer sides thereof, and a sheet metal'binding in the form of a; ring adapted t'orv reinforcing the edges of said cover, a portion of said binding resting fiatwise upon the'upper surface ofthecover and over the upper edges of ;the container, another portion of the binding extending around and under the edges of the cover,.and another port-ion of the bind-ing L extending downward to fit around the upper end of said body, so tliatsaid bind ng forms a permanent part of the coverand removably engages the top of the'container.

5. Ina container, a fiber body forming the sides of the container, sheet metal bracketsliaving struck'out stripf portions which form eyes, rivets above and"b'elow said eyes to secure the brackets in place with their backsto the body, soj that' each eye is open at opposite sides of its'struck out strip portion, and a bail-shaped handle having llOOkS for engaging said eyes,i togetlier witha bot tom, for said container; -V y ANDREW L; XVEIS. TVILLIAM 'H, RAY. 

